drouth

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drouth - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Drouth \Drouth\, n.
     Same as Drought. --Sandys.
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           Another ill accident is drouth at the spindling of
           corn.                                    --Bacon.
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           One whose drouth [thirst],
           Yet scarce allayed, still eyes the current stream.
                                                    --Milton.
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           In the dust and drouth of London life.   --Tennyson.
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drouth - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  drouth
      n 1: a prolonged shortage; "when England defeated Pakistan it
           ended a ten-year drought" [syn: drought, drouth]
      2: a shortage of rainfall; "farmers most affected by the drought
         hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the
         growing season" [syn: drought, drouth]